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Description: | The object is either a strap end or a buckle plate. Only one plate remains, with gilded decoration. The gilding and shape of the remaining rivet suggests a Medieval date, probably between the 13th and 15th century.
The plate is rectangular in plan. One narrow edge has a semi-circular indentation which was either a rivet hole in a strap end or a slot for the pin of a buckle plate. This edge is abraded and slightly up turned, therefore it may have been the fold of a buckle plate. The upper surface has gilding. The only other decoration on this surface is a linear border around three edges. There are two other rivet holes at the opposite terminal to the one mentioned. One copper alloy rivet remains with a domed head on the upper surface and a flattened terminal on the reverse. The reverse of the plate is undecorated and has red copper corrosion.
The plate measures 24.48mm long and 16.25mm wide. It weighs 2.71g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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